I started thinking about this after I read Jacqui Cheng's Ars Technica post this morning. Three sources she quotes differ widely on this question. The iPhone Dev team thinks there are several hundred ...

Several users are reporting that iPhone software/firmware 1.1.3 re-locks iPhones that were sold as legally, officially unlocked in France and Germany. In other words, the previously unlocked phones ...

Unlocked phones are an avenue that many people choose for phone ownership. An unlocked phone isn't strapped to any particular carrier for years on end, and the owner can just own the phone outright ...

O2 is Apples carrier partner in the United Kingdom. The carrier offers pay-as-you-go 8-GB iPhone 3Gs at a cheaper rate, 342 (about $500), though those handsets can only be used on O2's network. The ...

If you're in the market for a new iPhone and don't want to be tied to any specific carrier, Best Buy is now the place to go. Depending on which model you want to pick up, that is. Best Buy will now ...

An unlocked iPhone is not a new thing for Apple, but offering it in the U.S. is. CNET breaks down five reasons why this is an important move for Apple, and its iPhone. Josh Lowensohn Former Senior ...

A man uses his mobile phone as he walks past advertising for the new iPhones outside the Apple store in Hong Kong on October 10, 2019. - Apple on October 10 removed an app criticised by China for ...

Tired of the restrictive carrier payment plans that often come with new cell phones? The top unlocked phones we've tested aren't tied to a carrier, offer you more freedom to roam, and carry less ...

Since the launch of the very first iPhone, customers in the U.S. could only get their hands on the device if they were willing to ink a two-year contract with a cell phone carrier. iPhone users in ...

Major cellular carriers — Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and others — typically lock their networks to the iPhone you buy from their stores or pay for via an installment plan. What does that really ...

Apple just stated in their earnings call that out of 1.4 million iPhones sold since launch, 250,000 are unlocked. They know this from subtracting the number of iPhones activated on AT&T from the ...